Sanwa, Nagasaki
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was a
town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in Nishisonogi District,
Nagasaki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the northeast. N ...
, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated
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of 11,883 and a
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of 546.60 persons per km². The total area was 21.74 km². On January 4, 2005, Sanwa, along with the towns of Iōjima, Kōyagi, Nomozaki, Sotome and Takashima (all from Nishisonogi District), was merged into the expanded city of
Nagasaki is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hi ...
and no longer exists as an independent
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.


External links


Official website of the City of Nagasaki
in Japanese (som

Dissolved municipalities of Nagasaki Prefecture {{Nagasaki-geo-stub